What capabilities would this new service give us that existing, proven, configuration management tools like chef and puppet don't have?
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Nachi Ueno <na...@ntti3.com> wrote: > Hi Flavio > > Thank you for your input. > I agree with you. oslo.config isn't right place to have server side code. > > How about oslo.configserver ? > For authentication, we can reuse keystone auth and oslo.rpc. > > Best > Nachi > > > 2014/1/9 Flavio Percoco <fla...@redhat.com>: > > On 08/01/14 17:13 -0800, Nachi Ueno wrote: > >> > >> Hi folks > >> > >> OpenStack process tend to have many config options, and many hosts. > >> It is a pain to manage this tons of config options. > >> To centralize this management helps operation. > >> > >> We can use chef or puppet kind of tools, however > >> sometimes each process depends on the other processes configuration. > >> For example, nova depends on neutron configuration etc > >> > >> My idea is to have config server in oslo.config, and let cfg.CONF get > >> config from the server. > >> This way has several benefits. > >> > >> - We can get centralized management without modification on each > >> projects ( nova, neutron, etc) > >> - We can provide horizon for configuration > >> > >> This is bp for this proposal. > >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/oslo-config-centralized > >> > >> I'm very appreciate any comments on this. > > > > > > > > I've thought about this as well. I like the overall idea of having a > > config server. However, I don't like the idea of having it within > > oslo.config. I'd prefer oslo.config to remain a library. > > > > Also, I think it would be more complex than just having a server that > > provides the configs. It'll need authentication like all other > > services in OpenStack and perhaps even support of encryption. > > > > I like the idea of a config registry but as mentioned above, IMHO it's > > to live under its own project. > > > > That's all I've got for now, > > FF > > > > -- > > @flaper87 > > Flavio Percoco > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-dev mailing list > > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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